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H. L. BRUGGEMANN. COVER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1913.

1,125,956. Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS Tn PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, u. L.

HENRY L. BRUG'GEMANN, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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Application filed July 1, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. Bunsen- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Covers, of which. the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to cover retainers for receptacles and particularly for covers of cooking kettles or like culinary receptacles; and it has for its object the provision of means for positively holdingthe cover in an applied position and for preventing the displacement thereof during the operation of canting the receptacle while draining the liquid therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of retaining means which may be operated with facility when it is desired to remove the cover from the kettle.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of a kettle, showing the application of the cover thereto; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the securing members; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the other securing member.

The kettle 1 herein illustrated is of a design having its side walls merging into a lateral rim or bead 2. The cover may be constructed of flat sheet metal or any other suitable material which may be found best suited to the purpose, and as shown it is provided at the center with a vertically rising lug 4, wherein is formed a slot 5 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. At one side the cover is provided with a strainer portion 6 having drain openings 7 therein which are normally closed by a swinging cover 8.

The locking or securing device for holding the cover in an applied position upon the kettle when the latter is canted for the purpose of discharging the surplus liquid from the drain openings 7 comprises slidably connected rods 9 and 10, which are passed through the guide opening 5 in the centrally located lug 4 of the cover. The inner free ends of the rods are provided with vertical extensions 11 which have fit- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 776,852.

ted thereto manipulating knobs 12 of Wood or any other suitable material, which in a measure will serve as a non-conductor of heat whereby the locking rods may be moved to released positions without burning the hands of the operator through contact therewith. The rod 9 passes through a guide 13, which rises from the cover in line with the lug l and at the outer end the rod is provided with a hook 14, which is adapted to be engaged with the rim 2 of the kettle, as shown in Fig. 2. The companion rod 10 is provided at its opposite end with an eye lawhich is connected in the loop 16 formed at the point of connection of relatively diverging members 17 which are extended beyond the sides of the strainer portion 6 of the collar and provided at their free ends with hooks 18 which are similar to the hook 14c of the rod 9, being adapted to engage therewith the rim of the kettle so that collectively the hooks efiectually operate to hold the cover in a secured position.

At the opposite sides of the lug 4, the rods 9 and 10 slide directly against one another, and as illustrated they are surrounded by companion coil springs 19, the inner ends of which bear against the lug 4, while the outer ends of the spring are engaged against the knobs 11 of the rods 9 and 10 respectively. The positioning of the springs 19 with respect to the rods 9 and 10 prevents any spreading action of the rods and retains the latter at all times in perfect alinement with the aperture of the lug i, and prevents any binding action of the rods within the aperture. Through this construction, the springs operate to exert their force normally against the vertically rising portion 11 and, as a consequence, the hooks li-and 18 are normally held in operative extended positions beneath the cover and beneath the rim :2.

lVhen it is desired to drain the kettle, the latter is partly canted so as to permit the cover 8 to gravitationally move to an open position to uncover the drain opening 7, whereupon, the liquid will be free to pass therethrough, the hooks 14%. and 18 serving to effectually hold the cover against casual displacement from the kettle during this operation. When it is desired to remove the cover from the kettle, both knobs 11 are grasped between the fingers of the hand, and then moved toward each other against the action of the springs 19 so as to distend the hooks 1e and 18 and positively release the same from the rim 2 of the kettle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention ill be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a cover retainer for kettles, the cover having a centrally located vertically fixed apertured lug, companion rods slidable through theaperture of said lug with their opposed longitudinal edges abutting one another for a portion of their length, one of the rods having a hook at one end and a verticallyextending portion at its opposite end, a manipulating portion carried by the vertically extending portion, the other rod having an eye at one end and a vertically extending portion at its opposite end, a manipulating portion carried by the last named vertically extendedportion, a hook member having diverging branches, said member having a loop at the vertex of said branches,said loop receiving the said eye, the vertically extending portions being respectively disposed at opposite sides of said lug, and alined springs embracing both rods and interposed between the vertically extending portions thereof and said lug and operating to normally hold the hooks of said member and the hook of the first rod normally in active positions beneath the marginal edge of the cover and prevent spreading of the rods, whereby binding of the rods in the aperture of said lug is prevented.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY L. BRUGGEMANN.

Witnesses JOHN B. VAn DYKE, DI'R. HOPPE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

